Qualcomm announced it is scrapping Mirasol production plans. They will try to license the technology for other companies to produce. Mirasol is a MEMS based reflective color display technology from Qualcomm, once touted to be an OLED replacement. The company is producing some small displays in low volume, but plans to build a $1 billion production plans have been canceled.
Mirasol displays are rather similar to E Ink as they're very efficient and can be read under direct sunlight. The displays suffer from washed colors though, and cannot be read in the dark. The panels shown at SID were quite impressive, and it's a real shame that Qualcomm couldn't manage to overcome the low yields it was apparently facing.
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Posted: Jul 26,2012 by Ron Mertens
